Elzhi’s delivery was basically Nas’s delivery though. I personally preferred Elzhi’s voice and wordplay a lil bit more. Also the producing on Elmatic was on point in terms of updating while also doing justice to the original illmatic instrumentals

@TiggerWoody eh I prefer the original production, the updated production hit me the wrong way I guess. Idk, to me, Elzhi seemed very choppy on his delivery and flow, which put me off, so I don’t really see the Nas in him.

@Illest_Son Listen to his album The Preface, it’s also good! You might warm up to him with a few songs from that.

But I love both of these! I honestly like his version of One Love, It Ain’t Hard to Tell, Life’s a Bitch, and The World is Yours better than the originals. And just know I’m saying that when I personally hold Nas as my favorite MC on the planet.

They were at least on par with it. He didn’t have to copy paste it word for word; he gave it a different perspective and he’s just as good as Nas lyrically too.

And remember, I’m saying this as a person that stans Nas hard. (Pause.)